Dover Cafe — Restaurant in Sydney

Six of us breakfasted here on a sunny Sun morning in August. We ordered a couple of coffees, two vegetarian omelets, a toasted cheese sandwich and avocado on toast. There were no complaints about the food or beverages. It was all fresh, tasty and nicely presented to the table on stylish white crockery. Ambience was busy, lively and energetic. This is clearly a popular breakfast spot for the locals.

My only complaint though was the slow service. Whilst the drinks were brought out fairly quickly, there followed a 30 minute wait for the food items to arrive, and then they were brought out in dribs and drabs; one at a time.

Whilst I appreciate that they were busy, I personally don’t enjoy sitting and twiddling my thumbs for ages while waiting for food to arrive. I find it a tedious and boring pastime, especially at breakfast (where you really expect things to move along at a brisk pace), so my suggestion to these guys is that they put on extra staff to cope during the weekend morning rush!

There are reasonably clean toilets at the back: one for males and one for females. The location, near the corner of New South Head and Dover Roads is convenient, with a little parking area just behind, at the intersection of Ian Street, where there are no restrictions on Sundays. Alternatively, you can always find free parking in Dover Road a bit further up closer to Old...

Location: There's 2 hour free parking available in a little car park, less than a minute walk from here, in addition to Street parking available. No trains. A few mins walk from the bus stop. Ambience: Clean, comfy, modern feel.

Staff: Efficient and attentive. Didn't get the feeling they love their work. Think less warm and fuzzy, more straight forward, blunt and efficient. The drinks and food arrived promptly.

Menu: Good broad selection of sandwiches, all day brekky (pancakes, big brekky, porridge, fruit salads etc) hamburgers, soups (eg pho noodle soup), salads (rather impressive, think: crispy duck salad). Varied milkshakes, coffees, juice etc.

Prices: Reasonable, around $10-25 per meal. Overall, we enjoyed a lovely pho and French toast. They have gluten free, vegan and vegetarian options.

Would say it's closer to 4.5 than 4, however only able to provide 4 or 5 star. Overall would recommend if you're in the area. I would...

A decent Cafe in Rose Bay, that does everything it sets out to competently, if lacking any particular flair.

The food is decent, although there is a tendency to be stingy, such as a shortage of holondaise sauce on the eggs benedict, and the smallest ramekin of maple syrup for the French Toast. Conversely, they are overly generous with other things like fruit, so in combination with the small size of the toast it feels more like you have a side of French toast with your fruit salad than the other way round.

It's especially concerning that cold table drinks appear to all be served in disposable plastic cups, so the amount of avoidable waste produced is...